Marcus Devon Flow, a 34-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on June 18, 2021, during an altercation at a house on Atlantic Avenue in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The shooting occurred around 9:50 p.m.; Marcus Flow was unresponsive when police arrived and EMS later pronounced him dead.

Police say the shooter was 43-year-old James Germini Hooker of Goldsboro. Hooker went to the police department and was taken into custody without incident. He was charged with voluntary manslaughter and held on a $50,000 secured bond in the Wayne County Jail. The Goldsboro Police Criminal Investigations Division and Crime Scene Unit handled the inquiry.

Marcus Flow was born in Wayne County and is survived by his children Trinity Flow, Destiny Flow, Taelynn Flow and Marcus Flow Jr., and by siblings Angel Williams, April Flow, Kristy Flow and Joseph Humphrey. What details about the dispute leading to the shooting might help explain how the altercation escalated?